In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-2009, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Handbook of Procedures Vol. I :

(1) In Appendix 22 C – Format of Certificate of payments issued by the project authority, the following shall be added below condition (a):-

“Supply and installation of goods and equipment (single responsibility of turnkey contracts) to projects financed by multilateral or bilateral agencies/funds as notified by Deptt. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance under International Competitive Bidding in accordance with the procedures of those agencies/funds, which the bids may have been invited and evaluated on the basis of Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) prices for the goods manufactured abroad”.

(2) In Appendix 27 C – Format of project authority certificate, the following shall be added below condition (a):-

“Supply and installation of goods and equipment (single responsibility of turnkey contracts) to projects financed by multilateral or bilateral agencies/funds as notified by Deptt. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance under International Competitive Bidding in accordance with the procedures of those agencies/funds, which the bids may have been invited and evaluated on the basis of Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) prices for the goods manufactured abroad”.

This issues in Public interest.

(K.T. CHACKO)
Director General of Foreign Trade and
Ex Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India